COUNTY NEWS: Sussex mother speaks out after her photos appear on porn site

Published:13:53Friday 29 April 2016

A Sussex mother who was the target of online abuse has spoken out after her photos and personal details were uploaded to a porn site.

In a Facebook status, which has been shared more than 850 times, mother-of-one Nikki Elliot from Eastbourne says she was made aware that photos of her had allegedly been posted on the site by a someone she had considered to be a friend.

The photos, which were taken without permission from Nikki’s Facebook profile and included one of her two-year-old daughter, appeared alongside a series of violent and sexually explicit messages from anonymous users of the porn site.

Nikki said, “When I first saw what was written I thought it must have been somebody who really hated me. I was thinking who can hate me that much or if it was an ex-boyfriend or something.

“When I found out who it was, that it was my friend, I couldn’t believe it.

“I don’t even hate him. I just think he needs to get help.”

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is alleged to have uploaded the pictures of Nikki and details of her Facebook page with the message “Do your absolute worst guys and abuse her as much as you like, all I ask is that you show me it all.”

Anonymous users of the website replied with a dozens of vile comments and pictures – including rape and death threats.

In her status Nikki said, “He screen-shotted my Facebook profile, which had a large picture of my two-year-old there, and was urging strangers online to add me, send me abuse and pictures of their private parts.”

He is also alleged to have posted photos of several other Eastbourne women on the site after taking their photos from social media profiles.